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Table 1 Characteristics of the traditional medical model and patient-centered medicine
| Traditional medical model | Patient-centered medicine |
|---|---|
| Provider-centered model | Patient-centered model |
| Founded on the principles of beneficence and authoritarianism | Founded on the principle of autonomy |
| Disease-oriented care | Patient-oriented care |
| Focuses on outcomes of importance for physicians and regulators | Focuses on outcomes of importance for patients |
| The patient’s perspective is usually ignored | The patient’s preferences, objectives and values are taken into account during decision making and delivery of healthcare |
| Compliance with the physician’s decisions | The patient and physician share decision making |
| Improve outcomes for the average patient | Improve outcomes for the individual patient |
| Population-oriented research | Patient-oriented research |
